st: Testing & modifying ado file without reloading data set

["b. water" <barleywater@hotmail.com>]

Dear Listers,

Stata 8.2 Windows XP Pro SP2,

This is my first stab at testing and modifying an ado file. I have the ado 
file opened and do my modifications on MS Notepad and saved (File -> Save on 
Notepad) on c:\ado. I have Stata opened too, with data loaded to test the 
ado file. I typed the the name of the ado file to invoke it. It went well. 
There is a small snag.

When I made any changes on the Notepad and saved the changes, if I merely 
retyped the ado file, it executes the ado without reflecting the changes 
that I have made (as if no changes has been made). However, if I -clear-, 
reload the data set and execute the ado file again (with the changes), it is 
now executed to reflect the changes.

Is this supposed to be the way it is or am I missing a command to be 
included in the ado file? I have used -capture program drop- top of the line 
but including this or not, did not seem to make a difference. I browsed [U] 
Chp. 21 and [P] Index to see whether there is a guide on this but could not 
find any. I tried to search Stata and Google with the above subject as 
search terms but again no luck. Help and advice would be appreciated. Thank 
you.

Regards,
bw

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